Bracelet.



R. ANDERSON.

BRACELET.

APPLICATION FILED MAY23. 1911.

1,276,607, Patented Aug. 20, 1918.

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ROBERT ANDERSON, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

BRACELET.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 29, 11918.

Application filed May 23, 1917. Serial No. 170,361.

To oZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, ROBERT Axnnnsorr, a citizen of the United States,residing at the city of New York, county and State of New York, haveinvented certain new and useful improvements in Bracelets, of which thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact specification.

This invention relates to improvements in flexible bracelets, and thesame has for its object more particularly to provide a flexible braceletwhich will be similar in appearance to the flexible box bracelets now inuse, but which will require less material in its con struction than isrequired in the construction of the flexible box bracelets as heretoforemade.

Further, the invention has for its object to provide a flexible braceletof this character, the links of which are more quickly and economicallyformed than are the box links of the bracelets now in use.

Further, the invention has for its object to provide an improved methodof constructing the links and of assembling the same to form thebracelet.

Other objects will in part be obvious and in part be pointed outhereinafter.

To the attainment of the aforesaid objects and ends my inventionconsists in the novel details of construction, and in the combination,connection and arrangement of parts hereinafter more fully described andthen. pointed out in the claims.

In the accon'ipanying drawing showing an illustrative embodiment of theinvention;

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a bracelet constructed according toand embodying the invention Fig. 2 is a perspective View of the upperside of a blank from which a link is formed;

Fig. 3 is a perspective view showing the other side of the blank;

Fig. i is a perspective view of a link formed from the blank shown inFigs. and 3;

Fig. 5 is a bottom or inverted plan View illustrating the manner ofassembling the links to form a bracelet; and

Fig. 6 is a side elevational view showing the links in theirassembledposition.

In the flexible box bracelets now in use each link is in the form of aninverted, hollow box comprising a body portion and downwardly extendingside walls and end walls. As the end walls of the links are not exposedto view when the bracelet is worn they do not in any way affect theappearance of the bracelet, but, on the other hand they increase thecost of the bracelet by an amount equal to the cost of the material ofwhich they are composed. In the bracelet: constructed in accordance withthe invention as hereinafter described, the links are formed without endwalls, thereby effecting a saving in the amount of metal used, and aconsequent saving in the cost, without in any way detracting from theappearance of the bracelet.

Referring to the drawing 10 denotes a bracelet formed of a plurality oflinks 11, and provided with a suitable catch or fastening device toenable it to be placed upon, or removed from, the wrist of wearer. asshown, each of the links 11 has a jewel 12 set therein, but it will ofcourse be understood that the jewels 12 may be omitted, if desired,without in any way departing from the spirit of the invention.

Each link 11 is U-shaped or channelshaped and comprises a body portion13 having side walls 14 extending downwardly therefrom andat rightangles thereto. The

lower edges of the side walls 1 are sli htly shorter than the upperedges thereof, for a purpose hereinafter described.

At one of the ends of each of the side walls 14, and in the planethereof, is a rounde dprojection l5, and at the other of the ends ofeach side wall 14: is a similarly shaped recess 16. Adjacent itsrecessed end each of the side walls 1% is provided with a depressed oroffset portion 17, the outer surface of which in the plane of the innersurface of the side wall 1% and forms a seat 18.

The links 11 are preferably formed in the following manner. By means ofa suitable die or punch a blank 19 is punched or stamped from a sheet ofmetal, which blank 19 is provided with projections 15, recesses 16, andoffset portions 17 adjacent the ends thereof, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3.

Simultaneously with the stamping of the blank 19 from the sheet ofmetal, transverse grooves 20 are formed in the under surface thereof,the grooves 20 being spaced from the ends of the blank a. distance equalto the desired height of the side walls 14 of the link 11. If the links11 are to be provided with jewels, a hole 21 is then formed in eachblank 19, in any suitable manner, intermediate the grooves 520. The endportions 0 each blank 19 are then bent downwardi along the grooves 2Quntil assume a position at right angles to the central portion of theblank 19, thereby forming a link as shown in Fig. i,

in forming the hracelet the requisite number of links are a ,nibled inalinement with one another W h the projections of each link 11 resting1p the seats 18 and engaging t adlgS.+3illltl\ i. li' hile ll are secureheld in their alined posiion drilled through the projections and theregister-- ingg offset portions 1 l 1 7 ndicated in as 5, the holesdrilled preferably first in one FBlCQ oil tle 1111 {S 11 and then in theother sid thereot.

After the holes have been drilled pins 20 are inserted theretlnrou gh,end the ends Lt the pins 23 are then soldered or OQllGlWlSQ fixedlysecured With n the holes in the rejections 15.

As the pins are not lixedl seen-red Within the holes to in the offsetportions 1? of the lin in end as t inner edges of the side Walls 1; areslightly shorter than the outer edges thereon as 21i3-"1.0 set forth,the lllliIS 11 are tree to more r to one another to permit the braceletto placed ar und and to conform to tl ture of the wrist of the Secret.

hen the bracelet is u on the 1 3, the wearer it will present the sameappearance as is d by flexible bracelets formed of links such as are newbeing used,

the links ll of or acelet also" are not PlOYlClCCl *T'tl end War boxlinks heretofore usech ther saving in the amount of in? forming thelinks, in conseqi there is a great SHTlHQ' 'n toe cost 0 materialentering into the ther li urtherinore the c the shaped or channel-shavesl it. flexible bracelet coinprisin s. pluralitv of l" a ach oi? saidlinks comprising no]. 1011 and downwardly extending side -walls each orsaid side walls being groi a projection it one of its ends and S'llill acorrespondingly shaped recess at the other of its ends, each of saidside Walls being prorided adjacent its recessed enl with t seat havingits outer surface in the plane of the inner surface oi said side wallthe projecti is on each link engaging es and tl e seats of the nextadjaand connecting means co-acting -e interengagng projections i i i andeats of ad} acent links substantially an 1 A flexible braceletcomprising a plu ra Y oi. links, each of said links comprising a bod'voortloi and doWnVardlY extendin l V a side walls, each of said sideWalls being pro- 'x'lCALl with a projection at one of its ends one witha correspondingly shaped re at the other 01" its ends, each of said sideWalls being; provided ad'acent its recessed end with o. L ;ed portionconstituting seat, the

projections on each link engaging the recesses and the seats of the nextadjacent link;

eoniecting nieens co-acting with the e gaging pro ections tLi'Ll seatsoi' ad V nks, substantially as specified.

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